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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






2. What is the function of vitamin C?






3. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






4. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






5. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






6. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






7. Sources of fats






8. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






9. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






10. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






11. What type of people need extra protein?






12. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






13. What foods have high quality protein?






14. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






15. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






16. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






17. What function is vitamin A?






18. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






19. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






20. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






21. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






22. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






23. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






24. What is the function of vitamin E?






25. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






26. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






27. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






28. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






29. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






30. What is normal BMI?






31. What is RDA of protein?






32. The higher the BMR a client has --






33. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






34. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






35. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






36. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






37. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






38. Where can you get more vitamin D?






39. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






40. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






41. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






42. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






43. When does BMR increase?






44. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






45. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






46. Fats can lead to some medical problems






47. What does DASH stand for?






48. What function is vitamin D?






49. When does BMR decrease?






50. What is normal albumin levels?